Planter and cultivator



(No Model.)

B. P. NOYES.

. PLANTER AND CULTIVAI'OR. N0. 336.014. Patented Feb. 9, 1886.

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' UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD PAYSON NOYES, OF SEVILLE, OHIO.

PLANTER AND CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,014, dated February9, 1886.

Serial No. 138,599. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD PAYSON Noyes, of Seville, in the county ofMedina and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement ina Corn Planter and Oultivator,of

seed-box, conductor-spouts, tubes with the attached runners, swing,lever, drop-slides, and the plow-coupling device through the line mm,Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is the swinging device which rotates the seed-plate. Fig.6 is the plow-coupling.

In Fig. 1, A are the wheels, with rims sufficiently wide to press thesoil down upon the seed and cover it. The wheels A revolve upon the longjournals of the axle 0, upon which they are secured adjustably by ringsand set-screws B, or by linchpins. The axle G is bent four times atright angles, and its middle horizontal part works in bearings attachedto the bars of the tongue H. The bars of the tongue H are connected andheld in position by the cross-bars J K, to which are attachedhammer-straps a, so placed that the double-tree M may be put in front ofthe crossbar K, or behind the cross-bar J ,according as the machine isto be used as a planter or a cultivator.

D is a bar to support the seat-bars F, being connected with them by theupright support E, pivoted to the seat-bars at b.

S is the detachable seed-box, the bottom of which extends outward beyondthe box to receive the bolts (1, by which it is fastened in position.

L are the conducting-spouts, which convey the seed from the box S intothe tubes X, attached to the lower ends of the spouts L. The spouts arefastened at the upper end to the cross-bar J, and are held in positionat the proper inclination by braces O and e. The

rear ends of the runners R are fastened to the tubes X.

f are rods attached to the lever U, by means of which the drop slides inthe tubes X are operated.

In Fig. 2, l is an iron bar securely fastened to the cross-bar K, atright angles, to the bottom of which the front end of the runner isbolted.

T is the swing by which the seed-plate is revolved.

To change the machine to a cultivator, the seed-box S is remoyed byunscrewing the nuts at d. The tubes X and runners R are removed bytaking out the bolts g and the bolts which fasten the tubes X to theconductorspouts L. The bar D, Fig. 1, with the upright support E,isremoved by taking the bolt out of the seat-bars at b and unscrewing thenuts 0 at the ends of the bar D. Having removed these parts the tongue His moved to its highest position by changing the crank of the axle froma horizontal to a perpendicular position, as shown in Fig. 3. The axleis fastened in its position by means of the brace 76. The wheels A aremoved toward the end of the axle by moving the rings 13 or linchpins, ifused. The doublctree M is removed from before the cross-bar K and placedbehind the cross-bar J. The single-tree N is placed in front of the barP and connected with the double-tree M by the rod i, which passes underthe small wheel j,attached to the bar I The plow-beams Z are attached bythe coupling Y.

The parts of the machine considered my present invention are illustratedby Figs. 4, 5, and 6.

Fig. 4 shows the manner of planting two rows by the use of one seed-box,S, placed between them. Beneath this box are two conductor-spouts, L,which convey the seed into the tubes X. Vithin the tubes X aredropslides connected by the rods f with the lever U.

Fig. 5 shows the swinging device for revolving the seed-plate W. Itconsists of a shaft, m, passing through the seed-box, which serves as abearing, and is bent at right angles outside of the seed-box on eachside. Catches o are pivoted to the lower extremities of the arms IOC T,which work in the notches of the seed-plate W. The swing ismovedbackward and forward by means of the lever U, and-the catches o fallinginto the notches of the seed-plate cause it to revolve. This device isattended with much less friction than the usual sliding arrangement.

The operator uses the seed-box S as a seat, Fig. 4. At the first strokeof the lever the seed passes out at the opposite sides of the seed-plateand slides down the conductors L into the tubes X, where it is retainedby the drop-slides 70. At the next movement of the lever the seed dropsfrom the tubesX into the ground and another charge passes down thespouts L and is caught by the drop-slides k, as before. The drop-slidesare flat plates bent at the lower end at right angles. When the slidemoves downward, it comes in contact with the side of the tube and formsa receptacle for the seed which passes over the upper side of the slide.When the slide moves upward,

the seed is dropped and the next charge passes on the under side of theslide, and is retained until the next movement. The slides are indicatedby dots at k, Fi g. 4. When the machine isused with a drill attachment,the drop-slides can be removed.

O, Fig. 4, are the braces,bo1ted to the crossbar J and the conductors L.These are formed 30 at the lower end in such shape as to receive theplow-coupling, Fig. 6, The uprightshaft Y is attached to the braces O bymeans of the U-shaped clamp 6, Fig. 6, fastened at the points 0, Fig. 4,by nuts. The shaft Y may 5 be moved upward or downward to vary the pointof draft of the plow-beams.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- I p 1. In a seed-planter, the combinationof the seed-box S, revolving seed-plate W, provided with peripheralteeth, shaft m, and vibratory arms T, having pivoted in the ends thereofa catch, V, adapted to engage the said teeth for rotating theseed-plate, and lever Ufoi'fopen ating said arms, all constructed andarranged to operate in the manner substantially as described, and forthe purpose specified.

2. The arrangement of the tongue H, tressbar J conductor-spouts L, andlow-teaming as s hown an .de fir bed- EDWARD PAYSQN NOYES.

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